Feb. 3, 2020 By Allie Griffin State Senator Jessica Ramos endorsed Council Member Costa Constantinides for Queens Borough President today, while retired NYPD sergeant Anthony Miranda confirmed he is back in the race. Miranda was knocked off the ballot by Board of Election commissioners last week for a technical error on his paperwork. Yesterday, he… Read more »
Feb. 3, 2020 By Allie Griffin Police are searching for a man who allegedly groped a woman at the Roosevelt Avenue–74th Street station last week. The man approached a 21-year-old woman from behind and touched her buttocks, as she was walking through the station at around 5:15 p.m. last Wednesday, police said. The man fled… Read more »
Jan. 31, 2020 By Allie Griffin New York City’s Department of Health denied a report of coronavirus at Elmhurst Hospital after an internal NYPD memo warned officers in Queens that a patient with the deadly virus was being treated there. A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said the report of the… Read more »
Jan. 30, 2020 By Allie Griffin Police nabbed the suspect who allegedly slashed and robbed a 53-year-old man in Jackson Heights on Christmas Eve. Yesterday the NYPD arrested 35-year-old Johnson Kamar of Mount Vernon, NY and charged him with attempted murder, robbery and criminal possession of a weapon. Kamar allegedly pushed the victim into the… Read more »
Jan. 28, 2020 By Allie Griffin State Senator Jessica Ramos rallied alongside advocates in Albany Monday to urge state lawmakers to pass a bill that would limit suspensions in public schools. The bill, titled the Judge Judith Kaye Solutions not Suspension Act, was introduced by Brooklyn State Senator Velmanette Montgomery and aims to make the use… Read more »
Jan. 27, 2020 By Allie Griffin The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) launched a new ad campaign today to combat an uptick in hate crimes on the New York City transit system. The “Hate Has No Place in Our Transportation System” public awareness campaign will promote kindness, respect and solidarity across digital screens in subways, buses… Read more »
Jan. 22, 2020 Sponsored Story A Jackson Heights Catholic school is hosting two open houses next week to kick off Catholic Schools Week, an annual celebration of Catholic education that is observed nationally on the last week of January. Our Lady of Fatima School, located at 25-38 80th St., is first opening its doors on… Read more »
Jan. 23, 2020 By Allie Griffin A man brandished a knife and threatened to stab a fellow straphanger inside the Roosevelt Avenue subway station earlier this month. The suspect and a 26-year-old man got into a verbal dispute inside the station on the E line on Jan. 3 at 4:30 p.m. He then took out… Read more »
Jan. 22, 2020 By Allie Griffin Governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed legislation to legalize most e-bikes and e-scooters as part of his executive budget plan for Fiscal Year 2021. Cuomo wrote the legislation into his budget that was released Tuesday less than a month after he vetoed two Queens lawmakers’ bill to legalize the electric… Read more »
Jan. 17, 2020 By Allie Griffin A 62-year-old man has gone missing from an Elmhurst assisted living center. Victor Alejandro was last seen leaving Queens Adult Care Center, at 80-08 45th Ave, yesterday, Jan. 16 at 5:24 a.m., police said. He is approximately 5’10” and 130 lbs with black eyes and gray hair. He was… Read more »